London prefab estate to be Grade II listed..

[Sweetpea]

It was built by German and Italian prisoners of war in 1946.
And residents moving into the quickly-built timber-panel homes in the Excalibur Estate were warned that their new homes would probably stand for little more than a decade.
But 62 years on and the prefab estate is set to be given a Grade II listing by the Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge.

The government at the time was so proud of the idea it staged an exhibition of the first prototype at the Tate Gallery in London in 1944 before commissioning private firms to produce their own models.



Totally over the moon about this. I grew up in one and absolutely loved it.

South London prefab estate built by German and Italian PoWs to be given a Grade II listing | Mail Online

This is the one I grew up in. Over on the right there.

[Mad Cow]

OMG!!!!!! Soon Mc Donalds will be listed!!! pmsl

[Sweetpea]

Bugger off! These were wonderful!!!

[Mad Cow]

My Aunt had one up in Cumbria, but she transformed it into a house... I stayed there once was like living in an enlarged static caravan... was mental.
There are some down the road from me.... used for elderly and dissabled people!

[Sweetpea]

Most people that lived in them , loved them. My Mother, hated it.

[terrywit]

one in recall in hull where pulled down early 90's

[poppy]

I love them. Calderdale council was going to bulldoze the ones is Tod, well Walsden really, but there was such a fuss they backed down.

[Churchill]

Better build than a modern barrett home.

[terrywit]

*coughs*

barratt house